Azatricyclic compounds

ABSTRACT

THIS INVENTION RELATES TO THE NOVEL COMPOUNDS 4-AZATRICYLCLO(4.3.1.1**3,8)UNDECANE AND 4-AZATRICYCLO(5.3.1.1**3,9) DODECANE, THE METHODS OF PREPARING SAME AND THE USE THEREOF AS INTERMEDIATES IN THE PREPARATION OF PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE DERIVATIVES THEREOF.

United States Patent 3,631,165 AZATRICYCLIC COMPOUNDS Gilbert H. Berezin, West Chester, Pa., assignor to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Del.

N Drawing. Continuation-impart of application Ser. No.

775,114, Nov. 12, 1968. This application Aug. 21, 1970,

Ser. No. 66,098

Int. Cl. (107d 41/04, 41/06 US. Cl. 260-239 B 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to the novel compounds 4-azatricyclo[4.3.1.1 ]undecane and 4-azatricyclo[5.3.1.1 dodecane, the methods of preparing same and the use thereof as intermediates in the preparation of pharmaceutically active derivatives thereof.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a division and continuation-in-part of my co-pending application Ser. No. 775,114, filed Nov. 12, 1968.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention is directed to azatricyclic compounds which are useful as intermediates in the preparation of pharmaceutically active compounds.

In particular this invention is directed to compounds of the following formulae:

and acid addition salts thereof.

and acid addition salts thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Preparation The compounds of this invention can be prepared as set forth in the following examples.

EXAMPLE 1 Adamantanone oxime To a solution of 90 g. (1.29 moles) of hydroxylamine hydrochloride and 145 g. (1.06 moles) of sodium acetate trihydrate in 450 ml. (0.60 mole) of water, there is added 90 g. of adamantanone in 50 ml. of ethanol. When the reaction mixture thickens, it is diluted with 200 ml. of Water and stirred overnight. At the end of this period the solid is filtered and washed with water. Recrystallization of the solid from ether gives adamantanone oxime, M.P. 166167 C.

The preparation of adamantanone oxime is also reported in G. W. Smith and H. D. Williams J. Org. Chem. 26, 2207 (1961).

EXAMPLE 2 4-azatricyclo[4.3.1.1 3]undecane-S-one To a solution of 30 g. (0.18 mole) of adamantanone oxime in 360 ml. of a 20% solution sodium hydroxide in water, there is added 50 g. (0.28 mole) of benzenesulfonyl chloride with vigorous stirring at 2030 C. The temperature is held at less than 30 C. with an ice bath until no further exothermic tendency is noted. The temperature of the reaction is raised to 55 C. and held at 55 C. for two hours with vigorous stirring. At the end of this period the solution is almost clear. The solution is cooled and extracted with three 600 ml. portions of chloroform. The chloroform solution is dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated at reduced pressure. The residual solid is recrystallized from hexane to give 4-azatricyclo[4.3.1.1 ]undecane-5-one, M.P. 309310 C.

Analysis.Calcd. for C H NO (percent): C, 72.7; H, 9.15; N, 8.48. Found (percent): C, 72.9; H, 9.25; N, 8.43.

EXAMPLE 3 4-azatricyclo[4.3.l.1 ]undecane hydrochloride To 12 gm. (0.07 mole) of 4-azatricyclo[4.3.1.1 ]undecane-S-one dissolved in 400 ml. of tetrahydrofuran, there is added 8 g. (0.21 mole) of lithium aluminum hydride. The solution is stirred and heated at reflux for 18 hours in a nitrogen atmosphere and is then cooled to 0 C. A 20% sodium hydroxide solution is added cautiously until the salts precipitate. The tetrahydrofuran solution is decanted and the salts are washed with an additional ml. of tetrahydrofuran. The combined tetrahydrofuran solution is dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated at reduced pressure. The residual oil is steam distilled into hexane. The hexane solution is dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and is then filtered. Anhydrous hydrogen chloride gas is passed into the hexane solution until precipitation of a white solid is complete. The White solid is filtered and recrystallized from ethanol to give 4-azatricyclo[4.3.1.1 ]undecane hydrochloride, M.P. 300 C.

Analysis-Caled. for C H N-HCl (percent): C, 64.2; H, 9.58; N, 7.46; Cl, 18.9. Found (percent): C, 64.6; H, 9.82; N, 7.5; Cl, 18.7.

EXAMPLE 4 4-azatricyclo [4.3.1 .1 ]undecane-4-carboxamide To 2 g. (0.011 mole) of 4-azatricyclo[4.3.1.1 ]undecane hydrochloride dissolved in 10 ml. of Water, there is added 1 g. (0.012 mole) of potassium cyanate at 60 C. The solution is heated on a steam bath for thirty minutes and then allowed to cool. A white solid precipitates and is filtered. The solid is recrystallized from 100 ml. of water. The white needles are dried for 18 hours in a vacuum drying pistol containing P 0 at 60 C. to give 4-azatricyclo[4.3.1.1 ]undecane 4 carboxamide, M.P. 126-127 C.

The above compound, 4-azatricyclo[4.3.1.1 ]undecane-4-carboxamide, can be used to inhibit the growth of sernliki Lorest Virus cultured on chick embryo cells When applied at a rate of 2.5 mcg. or higher to said culture.

EXAMPLE 5 Tricyclo [4.3 1. 1 undecane-4-one oxime To a solution of 30 g. (0.43 mole) of hydroxylamine hydrochloride and 48 g. (0.35 mole) of sodium acetate EXAMPLE 6 4-azatricyclo [5.3 1 1 dodecane-S-one To 240 ml. of 20% sodium hydroxide solution is added, with stirring, 22 g. (0.12 mole) of tricyclo[4.3.1.1 undecane-S-one oxime. To this well stirred solution is added 36 g. (0.20 mole) of benzenesulfonyl chloride. The reaction is controlled at 25-30 C. with an ice bath until the exothermic reaction subsides. The reaction mixture is then heated to 55 C. for one hour. At the end of the heating period the solution is almost clear. The react1on mixture is cooled and extracted with three 300 m1. portions of chloroform. The chloroform is filtered, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and evaporated. The res idual solid is recrystallized from heptane to g1ve 4-azatr1- cyclo [5.3.1.1 ]dodecane-S-one, M.P. 233235 C. decomp.

Analysis.'Calcd. for C H NO (percent): C, 73.8; H, 9.51; N, 7.85. Found (percent): C, 73.6; H, 9.67; N, 7.85.

EXAMPLE 7 4-azatricyclo[5.3.1.1 ]dodecane amine hydrochloride To a suspension of 8 g. (0.21 mole) of lithium aluminum hydride in 300 ml. of tetrahydrofuran, there is added, at 25 C. in a nitrogen atmosphere, 12 g. (0.667 mole) of 4-azatricyclo[5.3.1.1 ]dodecane--one dissolved in 200 ml. tetrahydrofuran. The resulting mixture is stirred and heated at reflux in a nitrogen atmosphere for 48 hours. At the end of this period the mixture is cooled to 0 C. and 20% sodium hydroxide solution is added to precipitate the salts. The tetrahydrofuran solution is decanted and evaporated at reduced pressure. The residual oil is steam distilled into hexane. The hexane solution is dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and is then filtered. Anhydrous hydrogen chloride gas is passed into the hexane solution until precipitation of a white solid is complete. The solid is then recrystallized from ethanol ether to give 4-azatricyclo[5.3.1.1 dodecane amine hydrochloride, M.P. 300 C.

Analysis.--Calcd. for C H N'i-ICl (percent): C, 65.5; H, 9.95; N, 6.95; Cl, 17.6. Found (percent): C, 65.5; H, 10.09; N, 6.82; Cl, 17.3.

The above compound, 4-azatricyclo[5.3.1.1 ]dodecane hydrochloride, can be used to inhibit the growth of semliki Lorest Virus cultured on chick embryo cells when applied at a rate of 10 mcg. or higher to said culture.

EXAMPLE 8 4-azatricyclo[5.3.1.1 ]dodecane-4-carboxamide To 4 g. (0.02 mole) of -4-azatricyclo[5.3.1.1 ]dodecane hydrochloride dissolved in 10 ml. of water, there is added 1.5 g. (0.017 mole) of potassium cyanate at 60 C. The solution is heated on a steam bath for thirty minutes and then allowed to cool. A white solid precipitates and is filtered. The solid is recrystallized from 100 ml. of water and is then dried for 18 hours in a vacuum drying pistol containing PO at 60 C. to give 4-azatricyclo [5.3.1.1 ]dodecane-4-carboxamide, M.P. 166l68 C.

Analysis.--Calcd. for C H N O (percent): C, 6.92; H, 9.62; N, 13.4. Found (percent): C,.. H, N,-..-..

4 The adamantane starting material employed in Example 7 above can be prepared as taught in US. Patent No. 3,257,45 6.

The tricyclo [4.3.1.1 undecane-4-one starting material employed in Example 5 above can be prepared as described in the following examples.

EXAMPLE 9 To a well stirred solution of 0.1 mole adamantanone dissolved in 75 ml. of methanol, there is added 0.30 mole of concentrated sulfuric acid at a rate that causes the solution to reflux. To this refluxing solution is added a saturated aqueous solution containing 0.60 mole of sodium cyanide. The resulting solution is heated at reflux for one hour. The solution is stirred for an additional three hours at room temperature. At the end of this period, 200 ml. of ether is added to the solution. The ether solution is decanted from the precipitated salts and extracted with two 50 ml. portions of saturated sodium chloride solution. The ether solution is dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solution is filtered and the ether is removed at reduced pressure to give a tan solid. The solid is recrystallized from methyl cyclohexane to give adamantanone cyanohydrin, M.P. 257-259" C. (decomp).

EXAMPLE 10 To a suspension of 0.13 mole lithium aluminum hydride in 200 ml. of ether, is added with vigorous stirring at reflux 0.028 mole of adamantanone cyanohydrin dissolved in ml. of ether. The mixture is heated at reflux for 6 hours and then allowed to cool to room temperature. Stirring is continued overnight. At the end of this period, the mixture is cooled to 5 C. with an ice-acetone bath. To the cooled reaction mixture is added 30% aqueous sodium hydroxide until the salts precipitate. The ether solution is filtered and dried over potassium hydroxide pellets. The ether is filtered and evaporated at reduced pressure to give 2-aminomethyl-2-adamantanol as a White solid. The compound when recrystallized from cyclohexane gives white plates, M.P. 124-126 C.

Analysis.Calcd. for C H NO (percent): C, 74.6; H, 8.50; N, 7.90. Found (percent): C, 74.9; H, 8.47; N, 8.00.

The amine hydrochloride is prepared by dissolving 2-aminomethyl-2-adamantanol in a mixture of 50% tetrahydrofuran and 50% ether. Anhydrous hydrogen chloride gas is then introduced into this solution to precipitate the amine hydrochloride. The white precipitate is recrystallized from methanol-ether to give white plates, M.P. 300 C.

Analysis.-Calcd. for C' H NO-HCl (percent): C, 60.7; H, 9.2; N, 6.4; Cl, 16.3. Found (percent): C, 61.2; H, 9.6; N, 6.5; CI, 16.0.

EXAMPLE 1 1 To a 1300 ml. stainless steel bomb, there is added 45 g. of spiro[oxirane 2,2 tricyclo(3.3.l.1 )Jundecane, 800 ml. of 28% ammonium hydroxide solution and 60 g of ammonia. The bomb is sealed and the reaction mixture is heated to C. for three hours with shaking. The bomb is cooled and the contents decanted. The aqueous solution containing a tan solid is diluted to 2 liters with water and heated to reflux. The boiling solution is filtered, concentrated to 800 ml. and cooled to 0 C. in an ice bath. The glistening white plates that precipitate are filtered, pressed dry and recrystallized from cyclohexane to give 2-amino-methyl-2-adamantanol indentical in all respects to that obtained from adamantanone cyanohydrin.

EXAMPLE 12 To a well-stirred solution of 0.54 mole of Z-aminomethyl-Z-adamantanol in 520 ml. of glacial acetic acid and 1040 ml. of water, there is added at 0 C. 1.24 moles of sodium nitrite dissolved in 174 ml. of water. The re- 6 action mixture is stirred vigorously for 1 hour at C. 2. A compound of the formula: and allowed to come to room temperature with continued vigorous stirring. During this period, a white precipitate forms. The slurry is cooled to 0 C. and made basic Q (pH9) by the addition of solid sodium hydroxide. The 5 N-H cold slurry is filtered and the collected solid sodium is washed with water until the washes are neutral. The and acid addition salts thereof.

solid is steam distilled into hexane to give tricyclo- (4.3.1.1 )undecane-4-one, M.P. 258-260 (sealed tube. References Cit d Molecular weight, Calcd. 164.1201, Found 164.1206 (by 10 UNITED STATES PATENTS maSS S 6C.

C1 3,133,901 5/1964 P005 260-239 3050, 1700, 1455, 1357, 1175, 1080 0111- OTHER REFERENCES Analysis calcd' for CHI-I160 (Percent): 805; Korslott et al., Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1969, vol.

9.7. Found (percent): C, 80.9; H, 9.7. 38 PP 447 443 I claim: A Compound of the formula! ALTON D. ROLLINS, Primary Examiner Q US. Cl. X.R.

and acid addition salts thereof. 

